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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1894
Page
3
Willis and Co offers the entire line of ladies and children's oxfords and summer dress goods including crinkles ginghams organdies dimities pongee silks and white goods at low prices. The sale aims to clear room as stock must change hands.
Vienna reports include Miss Sheffield of Pinehurst visiting, Mrs. Stovall in Atlanta, and Dr Miles’ Pain Pills advertised. Local business notes from Mathews for groceries and beef, cotton market dip, and election talk with Col Thompson and Col Clay. Also mentions growth in Arabi, impeachment of a local issue, and community events at Cordele Opera House.
Friends of Dr. R. H. Pate urge him to apply for the chief physician position at the state penitentiary. He is described as one of the ablest doctors in Georgia and would ensure the health of convicts is well cared for.
Parker and Peavy of Unadilla advertise a new millinery and fancy goods stock inviting public patronage. The obituary notes the death of Mrs. M. G. Wood at her home near town, described as a devout Christian mother and mother to a large family, with condolences offered to the bereaved.
J A Bryan announces a new first class High School in Vienna with a full curriculum and strong Vocal and Instrumental Music programs led by Miss Sadie Bess Bryan. Tuition mirrors prior rates at $1.59 $2.00 $2.59. School opens the first Monday in September with firm, mild discipline and a motto Judge us by our work.
In a bold sales pitch Mrs. C. V Morgan announces deep reductions across all fall millinery lines in Vienna and Dooly County. She touts a carefully selected stock bought for style elegance beauty and cheap prices, inviting local ladies to inspect arrivals daily at her store headquarters.
The Hamilton Hotel in Cordele was destroyed by a fire discovered at 2:30 am last Saturday. Property of C. E. Hamilton, it was insured for 4900 dollars. A Cordele millinery shop owned by Miss Julia Lasseter was robbed of 90 dollars last Wednesday. A suspect, white man named Odom, was arrested at Kennon and later returned to Cordele for committal. Business is rising in Cordele with new industries in sight.
G. R. Mathews Agt invites shoppers to a new stock of family groceries at reasonable prices. The notice also proclaims the Little River Baptist Sunday School Convention at Deep Creek Baptist Church Wilcox County Georgia on the fifth Saturday and Sunday.
We have opened a first class dress making establishment in the millinery shop of Mrs. C V Morgan. We invite the Indies to call upon us for perfect fit high art and fashionable styles. Call to see us Mrs L M Wrssx Miss Anna Penny.
The Busbee Hotel hosted a Friday night social by Missea Maude and Claude Busbee. Guests arrived by nine, enjoyed music, mingling, and refreshments at eleven, with games and conversations into the late hours. The event drew young people in a scene of gaiety praised by all.
Auction notice for 14674 acres of farm and timber lands located 14 to 3 miles north of Vienna on the G S & F railroad. About 400 acres cleared, rest timber. Lands suited to cotton corn wheat oats rye barley peas potatoes melons cane fruits grasses truck farming. Terms cash or to good purchasers or 4 cash balance in 1 and 2 years with interest. Call Levi B Nelson or J H Woodward Atlanta Ga Vienna Ga. If not sold by Dec 20 they will be for rent. World's Fair Highest Award.
The Artesian well was bored to 228 feet before a sudden halt Thursday. Contractor cites little chance of spontaneous flow but notes pure Artesian water is nearby and a steam pump could yield about forty gallons per minute. City Council met to decide whether to stop or continue, decision not available in time for this issue.
Notice urges customers to settle debts and visit their Vienna shop for a large and varied lamp goods assortment. The ad also touts a heavy stock of drugs and sells them cheaply, inviting buyers to come in.
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